Tag: salad

The Pleasures of Curly Parsley

Curly parsley is widely scorned by the culinary elite. Aspiring chefs absorb this disdain from a young age, and quickly understand that getting ahead in this game requires committing instead to the flat-leafed version, also called Italian parsley. But in my parsley potato salad recipe, curly parsley does the heavy lifting. Typecast as a garnish,…


Celebrate the Fourth of July With This Fresh Salad

Grain salads are always a good solution to cooking on hot summer days, since you can cook the grain in the early morning, leaving your kitchen cool for the rest of the day. I like experimenting with different rice and wheat varieties as the foundation for cooling summer salads, and I particularly like the toothsome,…


Give Yourself a Salad Break

There are times when you simply need a light and healthy timeout. When the weather is hot and cooking is out of the question or if you’ve been overindulging in meaty protein since the onset of grilling season, a simple salad presents a welcome break. Especially when it’s a fattoush salad. Fattoush is a traditional…


Gretchen’s Table: Strawberry Season Means It’s Time for a Big, Fresh Salad

By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One of the first true delights to turn up at farmers markets this time of year are local strawberries. Boy, they’re terrific out of hand — just try getting a quart container of them home without snacking on a handful — but they also can add a sweet, juicy…


What’s in Your Salad?

By Barbara Intermill From Monterey Herald I was not aware until I heard it from my buddy Bob at Dole. May is National Salad Month. Lettuce celebrate! I’m reminded of a story a friend told me several years ago. Her family was visiting her small hometown and visited a local restaurant for lunch. The limited…


Hold the Sugar—Tart, Juicy Rhubarb Has Tons of Untapped Savory Potential

If you know any rhubarb recipes that call for less than a cup of sugar, you are a statistical anomaly. It’s understandable, given the culinary perfection made possible by the combination of rhubarb and strawberries—with or without pie crust. The tart, juicy stalk of the rhubarb plant creates such an indisputably glorious flavor in concert…


A Very Green—and Greedy—Salad

Tabbouleh is a bulgur salad; in fact, it’s also a very green salad. It consists of an abundance of fresh garden herbs jumbled together with bulgur, citrus, and olive oil, which paint this salad an unmistakable green. You might also call tabbouleh a very greedy salad, since there seems to be no limit to the…


Add Some Cajun Spice to Your Salad

Here, we coat chicken with spices common to Cajun cooking, like dried thyme and cayenne pepper. Then, instead of using the traditional method of searing in a cast-iron pan, we char it on the grill. Blackened Chicken with Chopped Salad Serves 4 Active Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes 1 1/2 tablespoons paprika 1…


This Salad Is Perfect for Lunch or Dinner

Apple-cider vinegar and mustard flavor the dressing while fresh strawberries offer a touch of sweetness in this easy to assemble salad. Creamy herbed goat cheese completes this salad that’s perfect for lunch or dinner. Kale & Strawberry Salad Serves 4 Active Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Ingredients 8 cups chopped lacinato kale 5…


Curried Chicken Salad

There are those days where you don’t feel like eating anything too heavy, so having a salad might be your solution. But sometimes you get tired of eating the same salads packed with lettuce or other fresh greens every day. What do you do now? Don’t fret. We have the perfect chicken salad recipe for you that…